Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-23

w tlc lh0ubUhnlt Guy Cnurcn ChOltS.
Lieut. Gov Fuller and Judge r. w.
Clarke have pctitoned the selcctmrn for
the widening Of Pine street to three rods.
There will he several workers from Mt
lermon at the Y. NJ. c. a. next Sunday
aud the afternoon service will he in charge
Of D. Baines Griniths
a Laugshan hen belonging to Chns. r.
Boyd has made him Il Christmas present of
an egg measuring 10y u, inches in circum
ference and weighing quarter Of a pound
Delta Lodge X. and L. Of II. elected the
following officers at their semi annual SEES
sion held the 18th inst
. Pho, Mrs W. Edwards. ~ Pro. Mrs T.. IT,
Putnam; secretary, Nr. D. A. Ortun: H. s.ctp.
tay } W. Smouds; treasurer s W Edwards.
chaplain. u w. Sargent guide. Mrs r. A. HAY.
wood. guardian. Mrs. & = Stuckwpll: sentinel j
\ Hton' trustees. II T. Taylor, Mrs G. L. Nash
y. II Putnam.
The Phoenix wishes, ON the part Of the
community, 10 make cordial recognition nr
the prompt and effective way in which the
road commissioners have started the snow
pillow to do their work this season. Prop
erty owners ought 10 second as PROMPTLY
this good work aud thus by right start.
make sure ul good sidewalks all winter.
Perhaps the builin, viii need 10 put in Il
word Of admonition here aud there
The turn Of the year has come once
more The shortest days were from Sat
urday, the Eth, To- Wednesday, the 9lst.
yesterday the day was one minute longer
and today is Of the same length ro.mor-
ruw the increase at the end ur the day will
he five minutes, though the total increase
will bee u little less because of the sun ris
ing little later for few DAYS vet
There WAS "A narrow escape from seri
Gus accident at the Carpenter Organ com
I pany', shop ON Wednesday. The elevator
cable slipped the pulley and fell a consider
able distance, barely grazing the head Of
| William Farmer and mhicting an ugly
scalp wound. II the blow had been square
| " received the result would undoubtedly
| have been fatal
| The paragraph which we reprinted from
| the Springfield Republican last week. alleg-
/ ing Brattlehpro to bee the birthplace Of
/ Clarence King, the well known writer on
geological subjects, brings out the infprma
/ ton that Mr.. King was. ia his boyhood. 30
years ago, summer visitor. with hi,
mother, to West Brattlrburu. Mrs King
was widow and She and her young son
spent several successive seasons ut the West
| village. boarding iu different private fam
| lilies. Mrs. King is remembered as IA wnm-
an of unusual intelligence and attractive.
ness, and young King was u boy AL over"
/ For time he was a pupil in the academy
/ The Republican and John Hay will proba
/ hlv have Ia guess again ns a. Mr. Kings
birthplace 1t Is IN order fu say. hy the
way, that the first time any reader wants
book for winter evenings written in de
lightful and picturesque English. and Of alb
sorhinE interest, hc should by all means
take mp Mr. King The survey Of the
fHf I..I
of the rugged and Sublime in natural seen.
cry are eNtant
Harry Boards dp. calendar. issued hy
the Continental fire insurance. ,.ouipany If
New York and distributed locally Gy Shcr.
man a JENNIE. is one Of the hits of the SEA-
son.
Last Sunday afternoon well known cit
zen found carefully placed hy the roadside.
IN thckly settled part of the village, two
half Slice, of but'.rrd bread Their an.
pearance reused his interest or suspicion.
and he picked them up and carried them
home The butter presented srayiSh ap.
pearance. and underneath it the air hole, in
the bread were filled with a grayish sub
stance. Next day tests made hy II drug
gist showed that thi, substance was either
arsenic or rough ON rnt, The bread was
probably fixed aud laid out for some dog.
hut child was as ii:rly 10 have got hold Of
It The man IS hu found the bread would
ike 70 give five dollar, To know who did
the job, and The PhuniN would like u put
five dollars more with It if TINT would help
settle the question. We should like to see
such Nnraking, mean Soulcd specimen have
the full benefit Of the law which was made
especially for ms case
When You visit Stirkncy BROTHERS store
To buy the reilShcs and other accompani-
ments for your Christmas dinner. why not
order something b. make some less fortunate
family's dinner relish well They will un-
drubtcdly Ice glad Ia deliver ANYTHING from
pound Of tea u "a barrel ui -four, at any
home you may select
Thomas II. Coleman, who had harber's
shop in the Brattlchoro House something
over year ago, was caught between the
depot platform and a moving freight ear at
south I)ceried, Mass, Monday, and ~
badly crushed that he died in the evening
lie was rolled over and vcdgcd into the
platform so that the plank> hal tu be re
moved before be could Ice taken out Cole
man wa> 20 years old and native of St
JuhnshuiN He left Brattelnru about three
weeks ago and was employed at the Bloody
Brook house in Drrrlicld Last summer he
worked in Fitchhur- Iii, rrmuin, we're
brought here for burial Wednesday. His
family, consisting Of wife and three small
children, live On Elm street
Emerson * son have lust received a
fine line Of children, slcighs. which, owing
To- the latcnc,, Of the season. will he sold
very low.
The hanks viii bee closed next Monday in
Observance of the Christmas holiday The
post office will be- open from to t. 4. NJ.
and from : To- 'r. NJ
There has been issued from the press of
llildreth q fale> within the past week the
Annals of the Vermont Asylum for Tia.
Insane. lN'b lSN6'-a volume of some 3O(
well filled and handsomely printed pages
The book Is hy DR.. Joseph Draper. the su
perlntcui"ut IT the a,y uiu. it, preparation
having occupied his leisure time for snmt
two years past, As its title indicates, tn,
volume gives ii complete history of the aSy
lum for the first ~ years Of It's existence
beginning with Mrs. Anna Marsh's beuuest
Of Slu,onO ON which the institution wa,
founded, and tracing its history year b,
year aud step 10y step 10 the present time
Great pain, hay" been taken b. have tn,
work historically accurate. and 1t furnshe,
very Important addition To- our local lit
erature ~ well ~ Ia that of the specialt,
in the treatment ut the insane. severn
full page emgrHvings show the appearance,
at the asylum at the different stages of H.
existence. At later day we shall tax,
occasion to refer To the subject matter o
the book somewhat in detail The purpo-,
OF It's publication is for distribution to libra
rleS, specialists and public officials, but t,
accommodate any individuals who may wisl
to own the book, few copies havs beer
placed on sale in the book stores of Clapp a
Jones and W. r. Geddls
The following is the list of letters re
naming in the post office Dec %:
Women Mrs Ann Atwood. Nh, Ioyna Ather
ton. Ida Chuuberm, $ A nuulttle Emma \
Howe, Mary T. Hubbard {. May lowe Malandi
T. Lord, Mrs NJ May. Mrs Mary a. Hrrn. Maggi
, Irrhan, Mammi" Eeaud'
, Mru-P II Alexander. T. II baldwin t,rp N IA,
ms, !. q brigham, stephen Bond, W G. Cuant
Joseph Cote, 7 G. II Davis, Michael Duuduli "
Douglas, Hugh G,, 4 II Harris Lawson Tough
ton, l. J. Jrnne, Longill", W II Mour. II \
Pepper, Fed RaNsun =, Geo ID Reed. VIM Reed
John ]. salisbury, Geo G. Howard. Nm n Haml
, ton, Eugene Knapp. Earl g. Leonard John
feektrng- Giant kolln, John schuyler, WIN
. stamford
CHRISTMAS SERVICES.
The usual Christmas services will be he'll
at the Baptist church ON Sunday Christ
3 mas sermon 10y the pastor at 1890 A. NJ.
Sunday school at ~ 81, Christmas concert
! at =. NJ, with new music Monday even
ing the Sunday school have an entertain
ment IN the audience room at o'clock, +
he followed by lunch in the vestry and dis
e tributiOn of the contents of the Christina